Here are the top Philippine schools under Asia University Rankings 2026
Six Philippine universities landed in the Asia University Rankings 2026.
Conducted by Times Higher Education, the latest rankings assessed 929 universities from 36 Asian countries/territories based on 18 performance indicators.
Ateneo de Manila University ranked first among PH institutions—in the 501–600 bracket within Asia.
In the 601–800 bracket were De La Salle University, Mapua University, University of Santo Tomas, and University of the Philippines.
Following close behind in the 801+ group was Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology.
The performance indicators for the Asian universities assessed the institutions based on the following areas: research quality, research environment, teaching, industry, and international outlook.
Ateneo de Manila University, University of Santo Tomas, and University of the Philippines scored highest in international outlook, while De La Salle University and Mapua University did best in research quality.
In the World University Rankings 2026, Ateneo de Manila ranked in the 1001–1200th group; De La Salle University, Mapua University, University of Santo Tomas, and Mindanao State University–Iligan Institute of Technology in 1501+; and University of the Philippines in the 1201–1500th group.
Chinese institutions Tsinghua University and Peking University took the top two spots, while National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, landed in the third and fourth spots, respectively. Rounding out the top five was the University of Tokyo in Japan, which tied with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, for the fourth ranking.
Making up the rest of the top 10 were, in chronological order, University of Hong Kong; Fudan University, China; Zhejiang University, China; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
The annual Asia University Rankings uses the same assessment framework as the World University Rankings, but with recalibrated performance indicators to reflect the different priorities of Asian universities. One factor that remains consistent across both Asian and world rankings is that each institution must be research-intensive.
